Current:Home > NewsMega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $820 million, with a possible cash payout of $422 million -OceanicInvest
Mega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $820 million, with a possible cash payout of $422 million
View
Date:2025-04-14 23:26:45
Mega Millions has upped the ante by another $100 million.
There was no jackpot winner in the lottery game's latest drawing Friday night, sending the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million for the next drawing, which will be held on Tuesday.
Tuesday's jackpot will likely be the fifth largest in the game's history, Mega Millions said in a statement early Saturday.
The winning numbers for Friday's drawing were 29, 40, 47, 50 and 57 and a Mega Ball of 25.
There have been no Mega Millions jackpot winners since April 18.
A potential winner next Tuesday would have the choice of taking an estimated lump sum payment of $422 million before taxes, or the going with the annuity option, which consists of an immediate payment, followed by 29 annual payments. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout
Friday's drawing resulted in eight tickets matching five white balls for a $1 million prize. Two each were sold in Florida, New Jersey and North Carolina, with one in California and another in Michigan, Mega Millions said.
There have been four Mega Millions jackpots north of $1 billion, with the largest being a $1.537 billion jackpot in October of 2018, with a single winning ticket sold in South Carolina.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 302.58 million.
This all comes after a winning ticket was sold in downtown Los Angeles in Wednesday's $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot, the sixth largest in U.S. lottery history. The winner has yet to come forward to claim their prize.
The L.A.-area has seen a string of lottery luck of late. The winning ticket for February's $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, the largest in lottery history, sold at a gas station in Altadena, a city in L.A. County.
- In:
- Mega Millions
- Powerball
- Lottery
veryGood! (11669)
Related
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger and sues the grocery chain for failing to secure deal
- Dick Van Dyke credits neighbors with saving his life and home during Malibu fire
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
- 'September 5' depicts shocking day when terrorism arrived at the Olympics
- 'The Later Daters': Cast, how to stream new Michelle Obama
- Stop & Shop is using grocery store kiosks to make digital
- Friday the 13th luck? 13 past Mega Millions jackpot wins in December. See top 10 lottery prizes
- Save 30% on the Perfect Spongelle Holiday Gifts That Make Every Day a Spa Day
Ranking
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Beyoncé will perform halftime during NFL Christmas Day Game: Here's what to know
- Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, Dec. 10 drawing: $619 million lottery jackpot
- See Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's Twins Monroe and Moroccan Gift Her Flowers Onstage
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks AP
- We can't get excited about 'Kraven the Hunter.' Don't blame superhero fatigue.
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Dropping Hints
Recommendation
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Luigi Mangione Case: Why McDonald's Employee Who Reported Him Might Not Get $60,000 Reward
Sabrina Carpenter reveals her own hits made it on her personal Spotify Wrapped list
US inflation likely edged up last month, though not enough to deter another Fed rate cut
Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
'Mary': How to stream, what biblical experts think about Netflix's new coming
Stop & Shop is using grocery store kiosks to make digital
SCDF aids police in gaining entry to cluttered Bedok flat, discovers 73